Quotes About Parents and Parenting

“Sometimes for kids to grow up, they need their parents to grow up first. Too many cases these days of overgrown kids trying to raise their own kids.

One example of this are parents who refuse to acknowledge that their 20 year old ‘kids’ have sexual desires and need to get married. Such denial only leads to major problems for all.

For parents: raise your kids such that when they attain puberty, they understand that they are adults responsible for their deeds. And raise them such that they are responsible and ready for marriage at a young age.

“Whoever does not recognize his mother except on one day of the year, then he is undutiful to her; and whoever keeps ties, gives gifts, and acts kindly toward her everyday, then there is no point to a Mother’s Day, as Mother's Day is an occasion for the undutiful and unkind ones.

“I have this memory of my father when I asked him to give me a certain sum of money. It was ten Swiss francs. And I asked him that, and he looked me in the eyes and I was not sure why. He did not ask me, “where are you going, what is it for, when are you coming back” like many parents would do. He said something very important. He gave me the money and he said, “Here, take it. But do not do something that displeases God.” What did he say? He told me all I had to know. He told me, I trust you and if I am not here, God accompanies you, and this is between you and God. This is Trust. But it is only when someone tells you that, that you know that he loves you and understands you.

“Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.